KiCad 8.0

How to uninstall KiCad 8.0 from your computer

You can find below details on how to uninstall KiCad 8.0 for Windows. It is written by KiCad. Take a look here for more info on KiCad. The program is frequently located in the C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0 folder (same installation drive as Windows). The complete uninstall command line for KiCad 8.0 is C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\uninstall.exe. KiCad 8.0's primary file takes about 4.19 MB (4390728 bytes) and is called kicad.exe.

KiCad 8.0 contains of the executables below. They occupy 25.21 MB (26437741 bytes) on disk.

• uninstall.exe (130.94 KB)
• bitmap2component.exe (3.44 MB)
• crashpad_handler.exe (625.82 KB)
• dxf2idf.exe (131.82 KB)
• eeschema.exe (1.79 MB)
• gerbview.exe (1.79 MB)
• idf2vrml.exe (292.82 KB)
• idfcyl.exe (50.82 KB)
• idfrect.exe (44.82 KB)
• kicad-cli.exe (2.04 MB)
• kicad.exe (4.19 MB)
• pcbnew.exe (1.79 MB)
• pcb_calculator.exe (1.79 MB)
• pl_editor.exe (1.79 MB)
• python.exe (101.32 KB)
• pythonw.exe (99.32 KB)
• venvlauncher.exe (110.82 KB)
• venvwlauncher.exe (108.82 KB)
• _freeze_module.exe (2.81 MB)
• f2py.exe (117.78 KB)
• t32.exe (95.50 KB)
• t64-arm.exe (178.50 KB)
• t64.exe (105.50 KB)
• w32.exe (89.50 KB)
• w64-arm.exe (164.50 KB)
• w64.exe (99.50 KB)
• cli-32.exe (75.82 KB)
• cli-64.exe (84.82 KB)
• cli-arm64.exe (145.82 KB)
• cli.exe (75.82 KB)
• gui-32.exe (75.82 KB)
• gui-64.exe (85.32 KB)
• gui-arm64.exe (146.32 KB)
• gui.exe (75.82 KB)
• normalizer.exe (117.75 KB)
• pip3.exe (105.86 KB)
• wheel.exe (117.73 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 8.0.02 of KiCad 8.0. For more KiCad 8.0 versions please click below:

• 8.0.5
• 8.0.3
• 8.0.0
• 8.0.4
• 8.0.21
• 8.0.12
• 8.0.7
• 8.0.2
• 8.0.1
• 8.0.6
• 8.0.51

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Some of these are listed below.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\KiCad
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\etc\fonts\conf.d\10-hinting-slight.conf
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\etc\fonts\conf.d\10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\etc\fonts\conf.d\10-sub-pixel-none.conf
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\etc\fonts\conf.d\10-yes-antialias.conf
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\etc\fonts\conf.d\11-lcdfilter-default.conf
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\etc\fonts\conf.d\20-unhint-small-vera.conf
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\etc\fonts\conf.d\30-metric-aliases.conf
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\etc\fonts\conf.d\40-nonlatin.conf
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\etc\fonts\conf.d\45-generic.conf
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\etc\fonts\conf.d\45-latin.conf
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\etc\fonts\conf.d\48-spacing.conf
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\etc\fonts\conf.d\49-sansserif.conf
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\etc\fonts\conf.d\50-user.conf
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\etc\fonts\conf.d\51-local.conf
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\etc\fonts\conf.d\60-generic.conf
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\etc\fonts\conf.d\60-latin.conf
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\etc\fonts\conf.d\65-fonts-persian.conf
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\etc\fonts\conf.d\65-nonlatin.conf
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\etc\fonts\conf.d\69-unifont.conf
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\etc\fonts\conf.d\80-delicious.conf
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\etc\fonts\conf.d\90-synthetic.conf
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\etc\fonts\conf.d\README
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\etc\fonts\fonts.conf
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\uninstall.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\KiCad\8.0\3d\2605b75e4102d0fd38ad80d3859f4662af9003e5.3dc
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\KiCad\8.0\3d\8599a6a6836fb41cdd4af76b4dfcd39bd14d3fe6.3dc
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\KiCad\8.0\3d\b63c9f50eb484348552428d16248ffea1b9e1dd5.3dc
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\KiCad\8.0\sentry\6f01cfaf-d9a0-43d4-cc8f-6686fe3306e7.run\__sentry-breadcrumb1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\KiCad\8.0\sentry\6f01cfaf-d9a0-43d4-cc8f-6686fe3306e7.run\__sentry-breadcrumb2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\KiCad\8.0\sentry\6f01cfaf-d9a0-43d4-cc8f-6686fe3306e7.run\__sentry-event
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\KiCad\8.0\sentry\metadata
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\KiCad\8.0\sentry\settings.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\KiCad\8.0\sentry-opt-in
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\KiCad\8.0\sentry-uid
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_KiCad_8_0_bin_bitmap2component_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_KiCad_8_0_bin_eeschema_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_KiCad_8_0_bin_gerbview_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_KiCad_8_0_bin_kicad_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_KiCad_8_0_bin_pcb_calculator_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_KiCad_8_0_bin_pcbnew_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_KiCad_8_0_bin_pl_editor_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_KiCad_8_0_uninstaller_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad\8.0\3d_viewer.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad\8.0\cvpcb.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad\8.0\eeschema.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad\8.0\fpedit.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad\8.0\fp-lib-table
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad\8.0\kicad.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad\8.0\kicad_common.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad\8.0\kipython.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad\8.0\pcbnew.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad\8.0\PyShell_pcbnew_startup.py
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad\8.0\symbol_editor.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad\8.0\sym-lib-table

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_pcb
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_pro
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_sch
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_wks
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\kicad.exe
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\KiCad
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\kicad.exe

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following values:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\Programs\kicad-8.0.0-rc2-x86_64.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\Programs\kicad-8.0.0-rc2-x86_64.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3765024239-3012592127-1567962665-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\kicad.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3765024239-3012592127-1567962665-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\1402\New folder\kicad-8.0.0-rc2-x86_64.exe

How to erase KiCad 8.0 from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

KiCad 8.0 is an application by the software company KiCad. Some people want to uninstall it. This can be troublesome because doing this by hand requires some knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK approach to uninstall KiCad 8.0 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your Windows PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications existing on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate KiCad 8.0 or simply click the Search field and type in "KiCad 8.0". The KiCad 8.0 program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click KiCad 8.0 in the list , the following information regarding the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding KiCad 8.0, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall KiCad 8.0.


8. After uninstalling KiCad 8.0, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong KiCad 8.0 that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing KiCad 8.0 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove KiCad 8.0 by KiCad from your PC, we are not saying that KiCad 8.0 by KiCad is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove KiCad 8.0 in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.